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The Amherst news-times. (Amherst, Ohio), 1943-09-16

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he Amherst ! News-Times VOL. XXV, NUMBER 38 AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1943 SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD JUNIOR DECREE TEAM OF LOCAL CRANCE Behind i In First Brownhelm Ensign Tells Of Torpedoing Of U. S. Warship "The first torpedo that hit our ship just shook me up a bit, but the second and third knocked me to the deck," said Ensign Donald Bechtel, home for the balance of the month after his harrowing experiences aboard the U. S. S. Helena, sunk in the Kula Gulf last summer. "The first hit took off the bow of the ship from the first turret forward. The next two hit close to midship and broke the ship's back," he said this week in recounting his experiences. The fact that Bechtel was aboard this ship was announced by the News-Times, issue of July 8. Two weeks later word that the young Ensign Donald Bechtel Brownhelm navy officer was safe was also told in this paper. The ship was abandoned about 2:30 in the morning, as near as Bechtel could judge. His watch had stopped as the result of the salt water on it. He, with other men from his ship, were afloat in their life belts, and in the after noon of the following day a U. S bombing plane dropped three rubber life boats. Two of these were recovered by the group. A sick chaplain in the group was loaded aboard one of them, and Bechtel was one of the sailors who clung onto the sides. SWAM FOR ISLAND After a day of hanging on he decided to swim for a nearby island which developed to be Vella Lavella. VHe realized before he swam for the Island that it was in Jap possession, but knew he had to get to land somewhere and took a chance on escaping capture. The current was quite strong, and upon aproachlng the shore he called for help. Friendly natives helped him ashore where he discovered the men in the rubber boat he had left had also landed. If the Jap soldiers knew they were on the island they did nothing about it, for Bechtel never saw any of them during his short stay on the island. Together with other survivors of the lost ship, Bechtel was directed by natives to a camp back In the hills where they remained until they received word that a destroyer would rescue them. A few of the natives were able to speak a little English, having learned the language from British missionaries who were there before the war. The island also held some Chinese who could understand a little English, but who speak the native language. The Helena survivors were on the island about a week before taken off by the" destroyer. WORD OF RESCUE Word was sent to them by the navy through their secret methods, stating the time the destroyers would arrive and where the rescue would be made. This happened to be about five miles from the camp, and the trip to the cove where they met the destroyers was through Jungle and over coral paths. Some of the men were without shoes, and the coral .... ,-r- . inn 'vjr nil imt m uniform stones were difficult to walk ov er. They were also forced to take their wounded on stretchers, a task that made the trip more difficult. There were a few marines in the group and the few rifles and revolvers that could be gathered were given them. They went on ahead to make sure 01 tne safety of the party. The night was a beautiful night, with a full moon. A stop was made on the trip at a cocoanut plantation where the natives gave them co-coanuts to eat and cocoanut milk to drink. Once aboard the rescue destroy er the men were taken to another island base where they were is sued new clothing. They remained there two days, then were flown to another base where they remained about two weeks. Since their ship was sunk they were ordered to report to the base in California for re-assign ment. Bechtel returned to this country aboard a Liberty ship. He will report at the expiration of his leave to an East coast port where he will be assigned to a new ship. At the time of the battle that cost the cruiser, Bechtel was stationed in a gun mount. Is Instructor Of Propellors "Keep 'em flying," is the slogan that fits the work of Arthur L. Hunt, South Amherst soldier, to a tee. Hunt has been in the Air Corps for 22 months and is an instructor of airplane mechanics at the University of. South Dakota. It is his duty to teach the men everything there is to know about airplane propellors. In order to become a teacher in this field, he had to become an air plane mechanic, lane an advanced course in propellors, and was -i . S then given a .'special teaching V i course. IIT .11.- A 1- i line xeacn-ing a lot. It is quite a job, but I don't mind the repetition of it. The students really want to learn the course, so they study hard. When possible to arrange it, a dull boy is taken over to the barracks for extra instruction." Often times the class grows a little drowsy and in order to bring them up on their toes again, this young instructor has to keep on his. There is quite a bit of mechanism in the propellors of army planes, and the army insists upon its mechanics knowing every part of them. They have an automatic mechanism which controls the pitch. Without . this controllable pitch the motor would have a tendency to speed up while in a dive, or slow down while climbing. Teaching the army's air mechanics the operation of this mechanism is Hunt's job, and it requires eighty hours of intensive instruction to learn the Job. Hunt was home on furlough last week. His address is: Pvt. Arthur L. Hunt, AST Unit, University of South Dakota, Vermilion, South Dakota. HOME ON LEAVE Elmer Reichert, S2c, is spend ing several days at home. Reich ert was attached to an amphibian ship after leaving Dearborn, Mich., and sailed on a cruise to South America. Upon the ship's return to port in the Us. S. he was given a ten day leave pending assign' ment to another ship. Bed Failed To Stand Jumping On There are a number of Amherst soldiers at Camp Butner, and one group of them get together quite frequently, according to Pvt. Norwood Becker, home recently. This group consists of Nelson Fazey, George Yarmock, Walter Lach, Nile Hill, Donald Gauman, Bill Holzhauer, Jim Bauer, Louis Nagy and Becker. One night, Becker, Fazey Gau man and HolZ' hauer went into a hotel to spend the night. They all roomed together, and in this particular room, there was one high, old fashioned bed. Gauman and Holzhauer Jumped on this old specimen, and the bed springs and all went down to the floor. The foursome had some time wiring the bed together again. "I ran into Nile Hill only once, and that was while he was on guard duty. Henry Ficht and I met near the post office In Dur ham." Once the boys were ordered to take a light pack consisting of a rain coat, mess kit, and field pack and start out for the range. Some of the fellows wanted to make the pack lighter, so they left the rain-oopt-out., When they started j out, it was a nice day, but when they got out on the range, back in the swamps, it started to rain heavily. You can just imagine how soaked the boys were and how sorry they were for not taking their raincoats. When asked about the infiltration course, Becker replied, "The infiltration course doesn't scare the fellows, but they are one mass of mud from head to foot when they get through." Friends may address his mail as follows: Pvt. Norwood Becker, ASN 35540276, Btry. A, 309th F.A., APO 78, Camp Butner, North Car- olina Swartz Assigned To New Seabee Battalion The purpose of a shake down cruise is to break in a ship, just like civilians break in cars, wrote Paul Swartz in one of his letters recently. Swartz was aboard a newly launched cruiser tempor arily, but is now stationed at the U. S. Naval Construction Center in Williamsburg, Va. Swartz is attached to duty with a Seabee battalion, and states that his battal- ion is in "boot camp" but will be formed soon. There are only eight medical corpsmen and 2 ioctors in this battalion. "We are going thru commando training at the present and go on eight mile hikes quite frequently. We really have It quite nice, but we're located too far away from the best liberty towns, which are, Richmond, Va. and Washington, D. C. "I think your open letter Is a swell idea. It tells what every one is doing and thinking, and what could be any better than that. After all, a fellow Is fighting for his people back home and It's his privilege to wonder what people are doing and thinking." Friends may address his mail as follows: Paul Swartz, V-6-H.A. 2c, D5-6 Sick Bay, U.S.N.T.C., Camp Peary, Williamsburg, Va. Lieut. Eugene R. Andrews has been sent overseas. His address is available at the office. Mi II JUS' WT' Sf bill. L , ir7M v fjCEV ,-- ;' ! Pictured above are the members of the Junior Degree Team of Hickory Tree Grange, who two weeks ago were highly complimented for their work in conferring the first and second degrees. Front' row, left to right: Pauline Ferguson, Ruth Ficht Ruth Herman, Norma Wavrick. Second row, left to right: Russell Slumska, George Vollmer, Maynard Heller, Charles Heck, William Wilhelm. Back row, left to right: Anna Lodge, Corinne Woodings, Eileen Strauss, Mrs. David Woodings (captain), Lois Heller, Wanda Deiterich. Ask Residents To Watch For Planes During Practice Raid Amherst residents are asked to watch for containers dropped from airplanes during the practice air raid in Lorain County sometime before next Monday. The time of the practice raid was originally Intended to be a surprise, but Tuesday it became generally known that the date decided upon was today (Thursday). The county defense council threatened to change the date after it became public, but refused to tell whether they had or not, If the practice raid occurs tonight it may conflict with Lorain's War Bond parade, in which Amherst's school band will take part. The containers will be two inches in diameter and six inches long, and will contain instructions for air raid wardens. They will be dropped by Civil Air Pa trol planes shortly after air raid warnings are issued. Five planes will be used for the entire county, three to cover the cities of Elyria and Lorain and the eastern part of the county, and two for Wellington, Oberlin, South Amherst and Amherst. The two planes to cover this part of the county will leave the Lorain Airport shortly before the raid warnings are given to give them time to get to Wellington. They will drop their instruction bombs there and fly north to cover the balance of their territory. The containers will carry in structions for the air raid wardens in the district where dropped. The wardens will not know the nature of the incident that they are to report until they receive the containers, and people finding them are asked to give them to their air raid warden immediately.The practice raid will follow the same rules governing previous practices. The warning sig Middle Ridge School Fair To Be Saturday Fun galore is awaiting everyone who plans to attend the Community Fair at the Middle Ridge School, Saturday, Sept. 18, at 8 p. m. This affair is open to the public and the committee hopes to have a large turn out. A fish pond, fortune telling, and refreshments are listed on the program. Mr. Hummel, the county extension agent will present pictures on the work accomplished by the Four H. There will also be a display by the Four H boys. Members of the community club are requested to bring a card table size display of any type, or arrangement. nals will remain the same as before, and all civilian defense personnel are asked to report to their stations Immediately upon the first public warning. The incidents contained in the instructions are intended to give supprise-martln-to v civilian defense services, with no pre vious warning of the nature of the incident. This will be the first time an air raid practice has been conducted in this manner in Lor ain County. Another state practice is expected to be held within a short time. No definite date has been announced but it Is expected to be during the present month. Last Boat Race Is USO Benefit The final boat races of the scaS' on will be held at Beaver Park Sunday as a USO benefit race. All proceeds from the races, In cluding the drivers' entrance fees, will be given to the USO fund for the benefit of service men. Five races will be on the pro gram, two for 22 h.p. outboards two for 16 h.p. outbooi'ils, and a free for all. The same program was given at Fremont three weeks ago with splendid results. Drivers in the races Sunday will be Ray Gable, Cleveland, H, C. McCrady, Green Springs, Homer Mossberger, Elyria, Bert Bauer, Cleveland, Harold Beal, Elyria, Bob Nehels, Lorain and Steve Weikle, LaGrange. All servicemen are invited to attend the races. This will be the third time races have been held at Beaver Park this summer, all with big attendances. The beach and bank by the cottages lend themselves well for viewing the races, and the entire course can be easily seen from the shore. Add New Members To Boy Scout Committee Three or four new members will be added to the Boy Scout Troop Committee within the next week. The appointments will be made by Roy Harr, president of the Amherst Business Men's Association, sponsors of the Amherst scouts. Requests for the additional troop committee members were made by Harry Earl and Richard Zilch, leaders of the troop. The business men also voted to support a paper drive that will be conducted jointly by the Boy and Girl Scouts. People To Vote On New Light Rate Contract Amherst electors will decide this fall if a contract with The Ohio Public Service Co. shall be signed by the village, according to an initiative ordnance proposed by Councilman Wm. G. Schaeffer. The ordinance was filed with Village Clerk Charles A. Miller Tuesday morning. Petitions are now being circulated among Amherst citizens which will require the ordinance being submitted to the voters in the fall election. Ten percent of the qualified electors at the last election must sign the petitions, but Schaeffer predicted that would be an easy matter to secure. The ordinance directs the board of public affairs to sign a contract with The Ohio Public Service Co. for a period of five years, at a rate of one and ahalf cents per KWH. The contract would be dated January 1, 1944. The vote of the people this fall will bring to an end a year-long fight to accept a contract with the power company at the low rate offered. About a year ago all hope for the construction of the local light plant was shattered by the War Production Board which halted construction until the end of the war. Since the termination of the last contract with the power company the village has been paying on a non-contract basis which is cost ing the village a higher wholesale rate than was paid previously. About the first of the year the Amherst First League took an a& tive Interest in the light rates in town, which had been Increased to absorb the increase due to the termination of the old contract, Council was asked to sign a new contract with the power company to give the village the benefit of the lower contract rate offered, but four members of the council refused to consider the new con tract offered. "I believe that this matter should now be submitted to the people of Amherst for a decision since the council has refused the lower rate offer," said Schaeffer before filing the petition. Refused Again ! The War Production Board again refused to give the village a priority premitting them to proceed with the construction of the light plant. The latest refusal was contained in a letter received by the Board of Public Affalri Wednesday morning. HELP PUT IT ACROSS! BUY AN EXTRA $100 BOND Report Amherst's bond sale drive is dragging! One week of the campaign is past, but less than one fourth of the goal has been I ii ir I .1 f 1 reached i ir sales tne nrsi weex are to be taken as an indication of the amount that Amherst will subscribe toward the 3rd War Loan then we will fall far short of the quota assigned locally. "Workers are slow in getting started on their jobs. Reports so far are very few, and many "bondadiers" have not made any calls in their territories at all as yet," said Ralph Prittie, assistant drive chairman. "We still believe we will reach our goal, but it's going to take a lot of hard work on the part of each bond salesman, and every Individual will have to buy every dollar's worth of bonds he possibly can. In no other way will Amherst, and the communities surrounding the town reach the goal that has been set for us," Prittie said. Spurred by the poor showing made so far, bond salesmen and women will wind up really in earnest this week and contact every home, every store, and every farm in the district. QUOTA $272,164 The quota set for this territory, which includes South Amherst and Brownhelm as well as Amherst, is $272,164. That amount is more than double the 2nd War Loan conducted last April. To reach the goal everybody will Quota $272,164.00 Sales Reported: . .. Bank 28,451.25 Gas Office 918.75 Post Office 2,437.50 Total .$.31,807.50 Balance To Go ...$240,356.50 have to buy twice the amount of bonds that wese bought during the last campaign. In opening the national drive last Thursday, President Roosevelt said: "As Commander-in- Chief I hereby invoke every citi zen to give all possible aid and support to this Third War Loan drive, not only so that our finan cial goal may be reached, but to encourage and inspire those of our husbands, and fathers and sons who are under fire on a dozen fronts all over the world. It is my earnest hope that every American will realize that in buying War Bonds in this Third War Loan he has an opportunity to express voluntaritly and under the guidance of his conscience, the extent to which he will "back the attack." "Our need for money is greater than ever, and will continue to grow until the very day Victory is won; so we must ask for more sacrifice, far more cooperation than ever before." Bond salespeople are pointing out that buying bonds is not spending your money. It is saving it. "It's the world's safest investment. Series E bonds give you back $4 for every $3 you put into them if you hold them to maturity. They pay you 2.9 interest. You can get your money back any time 60 days after you buy them if you need it." "In addition there are a number of other government bonds that are available." Salesmen have full information on all bonds and will be glad to explain them to you. "Let's put Amherst over the top, as we have every time in the past. Amherst never yet has laid down on her responsibility. Right now, when the country needs us the most, is the time to show that we are backing our boys in uniform. Buy an extra $100 bond at least, more if you can for it will take more, much more, to put this across. But everybody should buy that extra $100 during this drive," said Conrad Zilch, drive chairman. , "

he Amherst ! News-Times VOL. XXV, NUMBER 38 AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1943 SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD JUNIOR DECREE TEAM OF LOCAL CRANCE Behind i In First Brownhelm Ensign Tells Of Torpedoing Of U. S. Warship "The first torpedo that hit our ship just shook me up a bit, but the second and third knocked me to the deck," said Ensign Donald Bechtel, home for the balance of the month after his harrowing experiences aboard the U. S. S. Helena, sunk in the Kula Gulf last summer. "The first hit took off the bow of the ship from the first turret forward. The next two hit close to midship and broke the ship's back," he said this week in recounting his experiences. The fact that Bechtel was aboard this ship was announced by the News-Times, issue of July 8. Two weeks later word that the young Ensign Donald Bechtel Brownhelm navy officer was safe was also told in this paper. The ship was abandoned about 2:30 in the morning, as near as Bechtel could judge. His watch had stopped as the result of the salt water on it. He, with other men from his ship, were afloat in their life belts, and in the after noon of the following day a U. S bombing plane dropped three rubber life boats. Two of these were recovered by the group. A sick chaplain in the group was loaded aboard one of them, and Bechtel was one of the sailors who clung onto the sides. SWAM FOR ISLAND After a day of hanging on he decided to swim for a nearby island which developed to be Vella Lavella. VHe realized before he swam for the Island that it was in Jap possession, but knew he had to get to land somewhere and took a chance on escaping capture. The current was quite strong, and upon aproachlng the shore he called for help. Friendly natives helped him ashore where he discovered the men in the rubber boat he had left had also landed. If the Jap soldiers knew they were on the island they did nothing about it, for Bechtel never saw any of them during his short stay on the island. Together with other survivors of the lost ship, Bechtel was directed by natives to a camp back In the hills where they remained until they received word that a destroyer would rescue them. A few of the natives were able to speak a little English, having learned the language from British missionaries who were there before the war. The island also held some Chinese who could understand a little English, but who speak the native language. The Helena survivors were on the island about a week before taken off by the" destroyer. WORD OF RESCUE Word was sent to them by the navy through their secret methods, stating the time the destroyers would arrive and where the rescue would be made. This happened to be about five miles from the camp, and the trip to the cove where they met the destroyers was through Jungle and over coral paths. Some of the men were without shoes, and the coral .... ,-r- . inn 'vjr nil imt m uniform stones were difficult to walk ov er. They were also forced to take their wounded on stretchers, a task that made the trip more difficult. There were a few marines in the group and the few rifles and revolvers that could be gathered were given them. They went on ahead to make sure 01 tne safety of the party. The night was a beautiful night, with a full moon. A stop was made on the trip at a cocoanut plantation where the natives gave them co-coanuts to eat and cocoanut milk to drink. Once aboard the rescue destroy er the men were taken to another island base where they were is sued new clothing. They remained there two days, then were flown to another base where they remained about two weeks. Since their ship was sunk they were ordered to report to the base in California for re-assign ment. Bechtel returned to this country aboard a Liberty ship. He will report at the expiration of his leave to an East coast port where he will be assigned to a new ship. At the time of the battle that cost the cruiser, Bechtel was stationed in a gun mount. Is Instructor Of Propellors "Keep 'em flying," is the slogan that fits the work of Arthur L. Hunt, South Amherst soldier, to a tee. Hunt has been in the Air Corps for 22 months and is an instructor of airplane mechanics at the University of. South Dakota. It is his duty to teach the men everything there is to know about airplane propellors. In order to become a teacher in this field, he had to become an air plane mechanic, lane an advanced course in propellors, and was -i . S then given a .'special teaching V i course. IIT .11.- A 1- i line xeacn-ing a lot. It is quite a job, but I don't mind the repetition of it. The students really want to learn the course, so they study hard. When possible to arrange it, a dull boy is taken over to the barracks for extra instruction." Often times the class grows a little drowsy and in order to bring them up on their toes again, this young instructor has to keep on his. There is quite a bit of mechanism in the propellors of army planes, and the army insists upon its mechanics knowing every part of them. They have an automatic mechanism which controls the pitch. Without . this controllable pitch the motor would have a tendency to speed up while in a dive, or slow down while climbing. Teaching the army's air mechanics the operation of this mechanism is Hunt's job, and it requires eighty hours of intensive instruction to learn the Job. Hunt was home on furlough last week. His address is: Pvt. Arthur L. Hunt, AST Unit, University of South Dakota, Vermilion, South Dakota. HOME ON LEAVE Elmer Reichert, S2c, is spend ing several days at home. Reich ert was attached to an amphibian ship after leaving Dearborn, Mich., and sailed on a cruise to South America. Upon the ship's return to port in the Us. S. he was given a ten day leave pending assign' ment to another ship. Bed Failed To Stand Jumping On There are a number of Amherst soldiers at Camp Butner, and one group of them get together quite frequently, according to Pvt. Norwood Becker, home recently. This group consists of Nelson Fazey, George Yarmock, Walter Lach, Nile Hill, Donald Gauman, Bill Holzhauer, Jim Bauer, Louis Nagy and Becker. One night, Becker, Fazey Gau man and HolZ' hauer went into a hotel to spend the night. They all roomed together, and in this particular room, there was one high, old fashioned bed. Gauman and Holzhauer Jumped on this old specimen, and the bed springs and all went down to the floor. The foursome had some time wiring the bed together again. "I ran into Nile Hill only once, and that was while he was on guard duty. Henry Ficht and I met near the post office In Dur ham." Once the boys were ordered to take a light pack consisting of a rain coat, mess kit, and field pack and start out for the range. Some of the fellows wanted to make the pack lighter, so they left the rain-oopt-out., When they started j out, it was a nice day, but when they got out on the range, back in the swamps, it started to rain heavily. You can just imagine how soaked the boys were and how sorry they were for not taking their raincoats. When asked about the infiltration course, Becker replied, "The infiltration course doesn't scare the fellows, but they are one mass of mud from head to foot when they get through." Friends may address his mail as follows: Pvt. Norwood Becker, ASN 35540276, Btry. A, 309th F.A., APO 78, Camp Butner, North Car- olina Swartz Assigned To New Seabee Battalion The purpose of a shake down cruise is to break in a ship, just like civilians break in cars, wrote Paul Swartz in one of his letters recently. Swartz was aboard a newly launched cruiser tempor arily, but is now stationed at the U. S. Naval Construction Center in Williamsburg, Va. Swartz is attached to duty with a Seabee battalion, and states that his battal- ion is in "boot camp" but will be formed soon. There are only eight medical corpsmen and 2 ioctors in this battalion. "We are going thru commando training at the present and go on eight mile hikes quite frequently. We really have It quite nice, but we're located too far away from the best liberty towns, which are, Richmond, Va. and Washington, D. C. "I think your open letter Is a swell idea. It tells what every one is doing and thinking, and what could be any better than that. After all, a fellow Is fighting for his people back home and It's his privilege to wonder what people are doing and thinking." Friends may address his mail as follows: Paul Swartz, V-6-H.A. 2c, D5-6 Sick Bay, U.S.N.T.C., Camp Peary, Williamsburg, Va. Lieut. Eugene R. Andrews has been sent overseas. His address is available at the office. Mi II JUS' WT' Sf bill. L , ir7M v fjCEV ,-- ;' ! Pictured above are the members of the Junior Degree Team of Hickory Tree Grange, who two weeks ago were highly complimented for their work in conferring the first and second degrees. Front' row, left to right: Pauline Ferguson, Ruth Ficht Ruth Herman, Norma Wavrick. Second row, left to right: Russell Slumska, George Vollmer, Maynard Heller, Charles Heck, William Wilhelm. Back row, left to right: Anna Lodge, Corinne Woodings, Eileen Strauss, Mrs. David Woodings (captain), Lois Heller, Wanda Deiterich. Ask Residents To Watch For Planes During Practice Raid Amherst residents are asked to watch for containers dropped from airplanes during the practice air raid in Lorain County sometime before next Monday. The time of the practice raid was originally Intended to be a surprise, but Tuesday it became generally known that the date decided upon was today (Thursday). The county defense council threatened to change the date after it became public, but refused to tell whether they had or not, If the practice raid occurs tonight it may conflict with Lorain's War Bond parade, in which Amherst's school band will take part. The containers will be two inches in diameter and six inches long, and will contain instructions for air raid wardens. They will be dropped by Civil Air Pa trol planes shortly after air raid warnings are issued. Five planes will be used for the entire county, three to cover the cities of Elyria and Lorain and the eastern part of the county, and two for Wellington, Oberlin, South Amherst and Amherst. The two planes to cover this part of the county will leave the Lorain Airport shortly before the raid warnings are given to give them time to get to Wellington. They will drop their instruction bombs there and fly north to cover the balance of their territory. The containers will carry in structions for the air raid wardens in the district where dropped. The wardens will not know the nature of the incident that they are to report until they receive the containers, and people finding them are asked to give them to their air raid warden immediately.The practice raid will follow the same rules governing previous practices. The warning sig Middle Ridge School Fair To Be Saturday Fun galore is awaiting everyone who plans to attend the Community Fair at the Middle Ridge School, Saturday, Sept. 18, at 8 p. m. This affair is open to the public and the committee hopes to have a large turn out. A fish pond, fortune telling, and refreshments are listed on the program. Mr. Hummel, the county extension agent will present pictures on the work accomplished by the Four H. There will also be a display by the Four H boys. Members of the community club are requested to bring a card table size display of any type, or arrangement. nals will remain the same as before, and all civilian defense personnel are asked to report to their stations Immediately upon the first public warning. The incidents contained in the instructions are intended to give supprise-martln-to v civilian defense services, with no pre vious warning of the nature of the incident. This will be the first time an air raid practice has been conducted in this manner in Lor ain County. Another state practice is expected to be held within a short time. No definite date has been announced but it Is expected to be during the present month. Last Boat Race Is USO Benefit The final boat races of the scaS' on will be held at Beaver Park Sunday as a USO benefit race. All proceeds from the races, In cluding the drivers' entrance fees, will be given to the USO fund for the benefit of service men. Five races will be on the pro gram, two for 22 h.p. outboards two for 16 h.p. outbooi'ils, and a free for all. The same program was given at Fremont three weeks ago with splendid results. Drivers in the races Sunday will be Ray Gable, Cleveland, H, C. McCrady, Green Springs, Homer Mossberger, Elyria, Bert Bauer, Cleveland, Harold Beal, Elyria, Bob Nehels, Lorain and Steve Weikle, LaGrange. All servicemen are invited to attend the races. This will be the third time races have been held at Beaver Park this summer, all with big attendances. The beach and bank by the cottages lend themselves well for viewing the races, and the entire course can be easily seen from the shore. Add New Members To Boy Scout Committee Three or four new members will be added to the Boy Scout Troop Committee within the next week. The appointments will be made by Roy Harr, president of the Amherst Business Men's Association, sponsors of the Amherst scouts. Requests for the additional troop committee members were made by Harry Earl and Richard Zilch, leaders of the troop. The business men also voted to support a paper drive that will be conducted jointly by the Boy and Girl Scouts. People To Vote On New Light Rate Contract Amherst electors will decide this fall if a contract with The Ohio Public Service Co. shall be signed by the village, according to an initiative ordnance proposed by Councilman Wm. G. Schaeffer. The ordinance was filed with Village Clerk Charles A. Miller Tuesday morning. Petitions are now being circulated among Amherst citizens which will require the ordinance being submitted to the voters in the fall election. Ten percent of the qualified electors at the last election must sign the petitions, but Schaeffer predicted that would be an easy matter to secure. The ordinance directs the board of public affairs to sign a contract with The Ohio Public Service Co. for a period of five years, at a rate of one and ahalf cents per KWH. The contract would be dated January 1, 1944. The vote of the people this fall will bring to an end a year-long fight to accept a contract with the power company at the low rate offered. About a year ago all hope for the construction of the local light plant was shattered by the War Production Board which halted construction until the end of the war. Since the termination of the last contract with the power company the village has been paying on a non-contract basis which is cost ing the village a higher wholesale rate than was paid previously. About the first of the year the Amherst First League took an a& tive Interest in the light rates in town, which had been Increased to absorb the increase due to the termination of the old contract, Council was asked to sign a new contract with the power company to give the village the benefit of the lower contract rate offered, but four members of the council refused to consider the new con tract offered. "I believe that this matter should now be submitted to the people of Amherst for a decision since the council has refused the lower rate offer," said Schaeffer before filing the petition. Refused Again ! The War Production Board again refused to give the village a priority premitting them to proceed with the construction of the light plant. The latest refusal was contained in a letter received by the Board of Public Affalri Wednesday morning. HELP PUT IT ACROSS! BUY AN EXTRA $100 BOND Report Amherst's bond sale drive is dragging! One week of the campaign is past, but less than one fourth of the goal has been I ii ir I .1 f 1 reached i ir sales tne nrsi weex are to be taken as an indication of the amount that Amherst will subscribe toward the 3rd War Loan then we will fall far short of the quota assigned locally. "Workers are slow in getting started on their jobs. Reports so far are very few, and many "bondadiers" have not made any calls in their territories at all as yet," said Ralph Prittie, assistant drive chairman. "We still believe we will reach our goal, but it's going to take a lot of hard work on the part of each bond salesman, and every Individual will have to buy every dollar's worth of bonds he possibly can. In no other way will Amherst, and the communities surrounding the town reach the goal that has been set for us," Prittie said. Spurred by the poor showing made so far, bond salesmen and women will wind up really in earnest this week and contact every home, every store, and every farm in the district. QUOTA $272,164 The quota set for this territory, which includes South Amherst and Brownhelm as well as Amherst, is $272,164. That amount is more than double the 2nd War Loan conducted last April. To reach the goal everybody will Quota $272,164.00 Sales Reported: . .. Bank 28,451.25 Gas Office 918.75 Post Office 2,437.50 Total .$.31,807.50 Balance To Go ...$240,356.50 have to buy twice the amount of bonds that wese bought during the last campaign. In opening the national drive last Thursday, President Roosevelt said: "As Commander-in- Chief I hereby invoke every citi zen to give all possible aid and support to this Third War Loan drive, not only so that our finan cial goal may be reached, but to encourage and inspire those of our husbands, and fathers and sons who are under fire on a dozen fronts all over the world. It is my earnest hope that every American will realize that in buying War Bonds in this Third War Loan he has an opportunity to express voluntaritly and under the guidance of his conscience, the extent to which he will "back the attack." "Our need for money is greater than ever, and will continue to grow until the very day Victory is won; so we must ask for more sacrifice, far more cooperation than ever before." Bond salespeople are pointing out that buying bonds is not spending your money. It is saving it. "It's the world's safest investment. Series E bonds give you back $4 for every $3 you put into them if you hold them to maturity. They pay you 2.9 interest. You can get your money back any time 60 days after you buy them if you need it." "In addition there are a number of other government bonds that are available." Salesmen have full information on all bonds and will be glad to explain them to you. "Let's put Amherst over the top, as we have every time in the past. Amherst never yet has laid down on her responsibility. Right now, when the country needs us the most, is the time to show that we are backing our boys in uniform. Buy an extra $100 bond at least, more if you can for it will take more, much more, to put this across. But everybody should buy that extra $100 during this drive," said Conrad Zilch, drive chairman. , "